Hi Michiel,
I have seen that you were in Bucharest for BIAS 2017 and saw some helicopters a few days before.
BIAS2017 took place on the 22nd of July.
On the 20th of July, Saint Ilie, is the annual celebration of Aviation Day in Romania, since this is the patron saint of aviation in Romania. Thus, a flypast took place over the centre of the city, with the axis running to the west of Baneasa. So what you saw was helicopters taking off and preparing for this flypast.
Now, luckily, I attended this flypast (as an ordinary citizen, on foot, on the ground) and took photos of all participating aircraft. Some I could not identify because they flew directly overhead and I could not see any serials. But on the rest you can find the log below.
Also, to back up my claims and to see extra comments, please look at the photos I uploaded on Flickr, in this public album. I hope you find the data useful and can fill in some blanks in your logs.
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmV13ghm
Below is my log. Sorry about the formatting, it comes straight out of Excel:
Aviation Day Flypast 2017 - Monumentul Aviatorilor București - 20.07.2017
Manufacturer Type Version Registration Code Operator Flight / Static Mentions
Aérospatiale SA 330M Puma 109 SRI Flypast MSN 1486
Aérospatiale AS 365N Dauphin 2 202 RoAF Flypast MSN 6143
Aérospatiale AS 365N Dauphin 2 203 RoAF Flypast MSN 6144, Ceaușescu Final Flight
Alenia C-27J Spartan RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation, reg unknown
Alenia C-27J Spartan RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation, reg unknown
Alenia C-27J Spartan RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation, reg unknown
Eurocopter EC 135P2 290 IGAv MAI Flypast 5-ship formation of EC135s & Mi-17s
Eurocopter EC 135T2 334 SMURD Flypast 5-ship formation of EC135s & Mi-17s
Eurocopter EC 135T2+ 345 SMURD Flypast 5-ship formation of EC135s & Mi-17s
IAR-99C Soim 711 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation, 711 + reg unknown
IAR-99C Soim RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation, 711 + reg unknown
IAR-99C Soim RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation, 711 + reg unknown
IAR-330L Puma VIP 55 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation with 77 & 21
IAR-330L Puma SOCAT 38 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation with 56 & 79
IAR-330L Puma SOCAT 56 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation with 38 & 79
IAR-330L Puma SOCAT 79 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation with 38 & 56
IAR-330M Puma 77 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation with 55 & 21
IAR-330M Puma VIP 21 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation with 77 & 55
Lockheed C-130B Hercules 5930 RoAF Flypast alone
Lockheed F-16AM Block 15 MLU RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation, reg unknown
Lockheed F-16AM Block 15 MLU RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation, reg unknown
Lockheed F-16AM Block 15 MLU RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation, reg unknown
McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle USAF Flypast 4-Ship Formation, reg unknown
McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle USAF Flypast 4-Ship Formation, reg unknown
McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle USAF Flypast 4-Ship Formation, reg unknown
McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle USAF Flypast 4-Ship Formation, reg unknown
Mi-8PS 736 IGAv MAI Flypast 5-ship formation of EC135s & Mi-17s
Mi-17VM 110 IGAv MAI Flypast 5-ship formation of EC135s & Mi-17s
MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C 5801 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation
MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C 6010 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation
MiG-21MF-75 LanceR C 6824 RoAF Flypast 3-Ship Formation
Yakovlev Yak-52TW LY-WAA Iacării Acrobați Flypast Dan Ștefănescu
Yakovlev Yak-52TW LY-WAW Iacării Acrobați Flypast Ioan Postolache
Yakovlev Yak-52TW N185YK Iacării Acrobați Flypast Dan Conderman
Best regards,
Horatiu Goanta
Bucharest International Air Show 22 july 2017
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